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[quote=azcat]If you're on a lake sailing it would be very easy to four race coordinators to avoid shipping lanes however if you're off the coast on either cost or any cost there is very likely to be some sort of shipping line that crosses a race course or vice versa whichever way you look at it.thatincludes the Great Lakes which also have shipping lanes some of which could be close to a coastline.or for instance the Mississippi River which has plenty of barge traffic. This is especially true near populated areas where there are likely to be shipping lanes and regattas. It is highly unlikely to that the shipping traffic would be on any set schedule so that certain time periods for shipping would not coincide with regattas. safety while on the water is the responsibility of every skipper in charge of A boat while on the water. This includes the safety of his own boat his crew and any other boat near him on the water/or her. Anthony, my highly skilled crew, did a very good job of assessing our position versus the ship.and by the way the ship was hauling a SS for something that size.

During the tripoint race I crossed probably close to a mile maybe a mile and a half in front of that tanker and it was still uncomfortable. It was also a little bit hard to assess the speed and direction of that cargo ship because it was directly behind me as I was trapped out and it was very hard for me to turn around and actually see the boat to keep track of it. We were however far enough aheadthat I didn't feel that it would be a problem for us.You never know when something that you don't think it's going to happen happens. You stick a bow into a wave and go over and just happened to be right in front of that boat there isA strong likelihood that they may not even see you. I would imagine that in the area that this boat was motoring they may have had lookouts especially seeing a fleet of sailboats about to cross that path.that still doesn't mean that that ship could've done anything to stop or even change course had someone gotten in trouble in front of it even a quarter-mile in front of it. I was the first Catamaran that you see in the video on and I 20. I kept a very close eye on that ship to try and gauge is speed against mine and how far in front of them I was going to cross.even that far ahead I was very nervous and sailed with a little bit of reserve to make sure that we didn't have a problem. I remember remarking as we got out towards the island and the other boats were nearing the ship,that there was a good chance that nearly all of the other competitors would have to cross behind the ship.[/quote]

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